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A set of The Works of William Robertson, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Principal of the University, of Edinburgh, Historiographer to His Majesty for Scotland, and Member of the Royal Academy of History at Madrid. To which is prefixed, an account of his Life and Writings, by Dugald Stewart. Complete in twelve volumes. Volumes I and II and III consist of The History of Scotland, Volume IV, V, VI an VII consist of The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, Volumes VIII, IX, X and XI consist of The History of America and Volume XII consists of The History of India. With engraved frontisipieces or fold-out maps to the front of each volume. William Robertson FRSE FSA Scot (19 September 1721 11 June 1793) was a Scottish historian, minister in the Church of Scotland, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. "The thirty years during which [he] presided over the University perhaps represent the highest point in its history." Robertson was born at the Manse of Borthwick, Midlothian, and educated at Borthwick Parish School, Dalkeith Grammar School, and at the University of Edinburgh (1733 41), where he studied divinity (DD 1759). He became minister at Gladsmuir (East Lothian) in 1743 and later at Lady Yester's Kirk and Greyfriars Kirk in Edinburgh. A staunch Presbyterian and Whig, he volunteered to defend the city against the Jacobites led by Prince Charles Edward Stuart in 1745. Robertson became Royal Chaplain to George III (1761), Principal of the University of Edinburgh (1762), Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1763, and Historiographer Royal in 1764, reviving a role within the Royal household in Scotland that had been in abeyance from 1709 until 1763. He was also a member of The Poker Club. His most notable work was perhaps his History of Scotland 1542 - 1603, begun in 1753 and first published in 1759. He was a significant figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and also of the moderates in the Church of Scotland. Robertson is buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh and he now gives his name to the nearby William Robertson Wing of the Old Medical School buildings at the University of Edinburgh on Teviot Place, home to the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. In full calf leather bindings with raised bands to the spines. Externally, sound with slight rubbing. There is some bumping to the tops and tails of the spines. Some joints are starting but firm. There is some loss to the backstrip on volume II. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean with some scattered light foxing. Very Good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers SET42-H-1
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